"Joker: Folie à Deux” suffered an even worse box office debut than initially expected. The off-beat comic book sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, brought in a tragic $37.8 million in its first weekend of release.

"People just don't want supermovies starring straight, white men:(. No other factors at all, no siree. That's how this works."

Folie a Deux was even lower at $37.8M this weekend versus the $40M that the studio reported yesterday morning. Sunday came in at $6.2M, -45% off Saturday’s $11.3M. The movie cost $190M+ before P&A. Overseas was better as we told you yesterday with a $81.